- If Rush Hour is your go-to label for the classiest old house re-issues, you'll likely appreciate the continued work of Manchester's Fear of Flying. For the second time here they have persuaded veteran deep houser Scahtrax to delve into his vaults and offer up some of his classics for re-release. If you didn't know they were re-releases, you wouldn't know: they fit as snugly into the deep house dialogue of 2012 as they did the mid-'90s from whence they came.
As well as three re-issues, we're treated to an exclusive new release in the form of "Mists." At its core is a jangly drum workout that hangs somewhere in the cosmos. Breaking down to nothing but synthy futurism at various points, it's deep in an utterly uncluttered way. "Keep on Loving" is more vibrant, bulbous bass and slapping percussion hint at a penchant for classic King Street Sounds output where "The Almighty" is a woozy, low-slung slump. "Alien's Journey" proves Schatrax is not only a keen drum programmer, but someone with a real grasp of melody as well. Bleary drips of colour rain down the face of the track, echoing into the distance as effervescent, bacterial details fill the middle ground. House music as genuine as this will likely never sound old.
Tracklist A1 Mists
A2 Keep On Loving
B1 The Almighty
B2 Alienas Journey